Not sure "victims of victims" is as accurate (may you all have peace!) as "blind leading the blind." Victims rarely choose to BE victims; the blind, however, should know better than to lead the blind. Unless, of course, they refuse to admit... or do not know... that they ARE blind:
"Because you say: 'I am rich and have acquired riches and do not need anything at all,' but you do not know you are miserable and pitiable and poorandblind and naked, I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire that you may become rich, and white outer garments that you may become dressed and that the shame of your nakedness may not become manifested, and eyesalve to rub in your eyes that you may see."
Unfortunately, they missed this (and still miss it!) in all of their "Bible Research"... including for the purposes of writing their various publications. Because... they are blind. They just THINK they see. Which is worse, as shown in the account of the interchange between my Lord and the Pharisees after the latter expelled a man who had been physically blind from the synagogue for openly professing that my Lord had given him sight:
'[Jesus]... said: “Are you putting faith in the Son of man?” The [man] answered: “And who is he, sir, that I may put faith in him?” [ Jesus] said to him: “You have seen him and, besides, he that is speaking with you is that one.” Then he said: “I do put faith [in him], Lord.” And he did obeisance to him. And [J]esus said: “For [this] judgment I came into this world: that those not seeing might see and those seeing might become blind.” Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him: “We are not blind also, are we?” [ Jesus] said to them: “If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, ‘We see.’ Y our sin remains.”
I believe (from the look in his eyes) that Mr. Barber knew this... but couldn't bring himself to openly admit it. He valued his flesh more (i.e., where would he have gone? His whole life had been dedicated to that harlot). I believe that, for whatever he may have done wrong, Ray Franz did admit it. That that was the purpose for his books. And I believe that the Most Holy One of Israel, JAH of Armies... will have mercy on him.
Again, may you all have peace!
A slave of Christ,
SA